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2019 Year in Review

Personal December 25, 2019

This year had no shortage of adventures! At the end of 2018, Austin and I decided to move out of the SF Bay Area. By the first of 2019 we quickly put our plan into action! I found an amazing new job and we moved from California to Colorado in March and have done so much since then. I think it’s so funny that I thought life would slow down after we moved. That was absolutely not true!!

We were so lucky to have lots of friends visit us in Colorado after we moved (we saw/hosted 11 different groups of people!). Colorado in itself is a destination with lots of cool spots, so it was fun to explore with friends and also entice them to come visit not just us but also the state. I went to Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Breckenridge, Aspen, the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Royal Gorge, the farm (in Holyoke), Silverthorne, various random places, and just a few places in Denver. Sometimes I feel like I didn’t see as much as I wanted to in our new state, but I have to remember that we will be in Colorado probably forever AND that we did a ton of other stuff this year. Austin and I also went to OKC, Portland, and Costa Rica!

In 2020, we have some more adventures planned like a Dark Sky trip, Europe, Africa, and going back to visit the SF Bay Area. I really don’t count “traveling” as one of my hobbies, but these opportunities came up so we have to take them!!

I have posted all my sessions consistently this year—I didn’t have many this year as we moved and I worked more on the business-establishing side of things, but I am so content with & proud of all the work I’ve done! You can read my one-year blog anniversary post which was not very long ago so this post isn’t thatttt different. I just wanted to look back at some of my favorite 2019 photos again :). I have so many favorite photos from this year—most of them you’ve seen in previous blogs, but here’s a recap. In other blog posts and part of my site, I repeat over and over again that I love hidden, unseen moments, sometimes more than a perfectly posed picture. I hope as you look through these photos you felt the realness & joy I tried to capture.

Here are some personal pictures—there’s a mix of adventures with friends, the farm, Breckenridge, Costa Rica, the sand dunes, and the mountains. Both film & digital! As I’ve mentioned before, I have been using film for personal photos more and I love it!!

















Here are a few couples photos from before we moved! I’m looking forward to doing more next year!







Here are family favorites! My most recent blog posts are of families so I thought this section would be shorter, but part of refining my brand was realizing I love photographing families with young kids! I love sweet moments like a dad looking at a mom while she plays with her kids and the proudness of a new parent. Hence the overwhelming amount of photos in this section, particularly that indoor session with the newborn.


















As for weddings, I have so many favorites from the wedding I photographed in June and already put them all in this blog so take a peek at that one. I could post photos from that day FOREVER! The wedding was seriously a dream for a photographer, as it helped me understand the type of couple & wedding (down-to-earth & laidback, lovers of nature, and SUPER thoughtful) I love to photograph. I also learned to edit a slightly different way (warmer & more vintage edit) than my regular style to match the mood of the wedding! Here are just a few of my favorites even though there’s a GIANT blog post already about it, since I can’t help myself.



















Thank you all for supporting me so well this year! In 2020, I’d like to try out astrophotography and more nighttime photography, learn how to shuffle cards, and be more present & generous. That last part may mean a little less time spent on this business, and I’m 100% okay with that! I don’t want to look back and realize I spent most of my year on my computer instead of hanging out with friends or family. Things I’ve worked on toward the end of this year like speeding up my workflow (with a Loupedeck! with a streamlined editing process that I standardize for every session! with blogging & photo resizing tools that will make blogging & delivering photos faster and more cost effective!) will hopefully help me achieve that goal!

Cheers!!!

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This post exists because I couldn’t post horizon This post exists because I couldn’t post horizontal photos in the previous one 😂

Red rocks park is amazing! We bring our visiting friends here. It’s grand, close, and there are tons of parking spots 💯
I had a blast with these two at Red Rocks last wee I had a blast with these two at Red Rocks last weekend! We went on a couple trails and I didn’t slip on ice this time like the previous weekend 🙌!!! They brought their dog along and he was very interested in all the people and things.

Swipe for dog, red rocks, and more of this super photogenic couple lol 🐾
Whoops 8th post on Instagram today, but I had to d Whoops 8th post on Instagram today, but I had to do a horizontal layout for this one!! That’s enough posts for the rest of the year 😅. My season is finished!

Swipe for one of the final moments of the BEST dance party ever (my phone still autocorrects dance to ┌( ಠ_ಠ)┘ every since I made that shortcut over 10 years ago 😂)! Cant recommend @djcinnaminh enough—I didn’t know how much I needed an acoustic version of so many songs till this wedding. Plus playing beautiful soul by Jesse McCartney during a reception is 💯

Congratulations again Karen and Nathan!!! Thank you for sharing your love with the rest of us 💕💗 SO HAPPY FOR YOU it was honestly hard to contain myself the day of 

Venue - @fortinowinery 
Day-of coordination - @mckelpinj 
DJ - @djcinnaminh 
Florals - @expressionsfloraldesigns 
Bakery - @frostcupcakefactory 
Makeup & Hair - @joycezhoudesigns 
Dress - @lace_and_liberty 
Suit - @theblacktux
Officiant - Cindi Fong of Redeemer SF
Photographer - @viviankillin
Big congrats to these two!!! I was honored to atte Big congrats to these two!!! I was honored to attend and photograph Karen and Nathan’s wedding at Fortino Winery.

It was a beautiful day ☀️thanks Bay Area! Plus these two are STUNNING inside and out. I can’t think of more selfless, loving individuals, and for them to now be married to each other!?! The world is literally better because of these two. I’m so glad to have met them in college and to have learned from both of them. 

Venue - @fortinowinery 
Day-of coordination - @mckelpinj 
DJ - @djcinnaminh 
Florals - @expressionsfloraldesigns 
Bakery - @frostcupcakefactory 
Makeup & Hair - @joycezhoudesigns 
Dress - @lace_and_liberty 
Suit - @theblacktux
Officiant - Cindi Fong of Redeemer SF
Photographer - @viviankillin
Seeing your friends become parents is such a joy 🥰 congrats to these two! They introduced their new baby to a beautiful spot they’ve biked by 🚴🏻‍♀️. Swipe for more beauty! And water!

Once again forever thankful for my previous company for introducing me to great people!
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